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wade than would barack obama. i think that it is clear, however, that he would not do anything to outlaw abortion in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother being endangered. i think we know that from the exchanges to date. and so you can say he's had more positions across time, and his position -- you can mark different points in the calendar across his life. >> i do think that the public, by and large, perceives the fact that he has made more 180 degree turns than a whirling dervish. i read this comment online at "the washington post," a reader who said that, "romney has thrown limbaugh, rick perry, allen west and all the other tea party people under a freight train by essentially saying he would govern as president obama governs." that's what he, in effect, he said this past last debate. what about that? >> why would anyone believe that? yes, he said that and yes he did it to convey the impression that the old mitt romney from the primaries was just something he had to do to appease his tea party base. why
wade than would barack obama. i think that it is clear, however, that he would not do anything to outlaw abortion in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother being endangered. i think we know that from the exchanges to date. and so you can say he's had more positions across time, and his position -- you can mark different points in the calendar across his life. >> i do think that the public, by and large, perceives the fact that he has made more 180 degree turns than a whirling...
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his name is barack obama. he's in the same mold," says william saletan, "as dwight eisenhower, richard nixon and gerald ford and he stands where the gop used to stand and will be standing once again." now, if you can see the tensions there that people are reading into and out of obama. >> i have a quite different perspective from william saletan. i think that actually president obama in passing his health law really took a big gamble. because he really wanted to complete the project that he saw as having been started, some could say 100 years ago, some could say with lbj with medicare and medicaid, it was very important to him. and so even when it was very clear that he was suffering some political consequences he thought, "it is crucial that we complete the welfare state in this way --" >> i agree with that. >> "and continue to build and enhance it." and i also think that frankly the model of the affordable care act is not in my view very sustainable and i think that over time you're likely to see progressive
his name is barack obama. he's in the same mold," says william saletan, "as dwight eisenhower, richard nixon and gerald ford and he stands where the gop used to stand and will be standing once again." now, if you can see the tensions there that people are reading into and out of obama. >> i have a quite different perspective from william saletan. i think that actually president obama in passing his health law really took a big gamble. because he really wanted to complete...
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this is obama, this is president obama and they're really disappointed. is >>> in 2008, i voted for barack obama. >>> he was new. he had new ideas. >>> i think that now we've given obama a fair chance. and i don't think he's able to do what we need him to do. >>> the president is doing a mediocre job, and the economy in my opinion is still the same as it was four years ago. >>> what's effective about that is that what governor romney has to do is persuade people who voted for president obama that they shouldn't vote for him again. if the attack is strong on his competence or strong on some facet of his leadership, the danger is people hunker down and defend their original vote. this situates the voter where the voter is right now, it says, "we license you to reject the incumbent." it's an ad that says, "let's make this a referendum. >> what about the pro-obama ad? what's the most effective ad they've run that is believable? >> i think the most effective ad that they have is on the air right now. it's capturing a small segment of the statement that governo
this is obama, this is president obama and they're really disappointed. is >>> in 2008, i voted for barack obama. >>> he was new. he had new ideas. >>> i think that now we've given obama a fair chance. and i don't think he's able to do what we need him to do. >>> the president is doing a mediocre job, and the economy in my opinion is still the same as it was four years ago. >>> what's effective about that is that what governor romney has to do is...
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i mean, obama has been -- i'm always shocked when people call obama a socialist, because he's in fact, i think you might be doing a disservice to eisenhower. and even, you know, nixon is to the left of obama on many, on most social issues. i mean, nixon proposed a negative income tax, which everybody forgets about. and the other point is that this is reflected broadly in the democratic party, at least in the sort of elite level of democratic party. i mean, you know, i've seen people like, for example, gene sperling speak at conferences. >> former clinton economic advisor. >> right, he's now obama advisor. >> now obama -- >> and he for example, he talked about middleclass jobs. and you could tell the way he used the expression middleclass, these are, like, people he didn't know personally. i mean, there's this weird -- you've got this big class stratification, where the people in d.c. don't see this, right? >> what's even worse is we now have a close -- in the democratic party it's explicit and my understanding is in the republican party it's pretty close to explicit, pay to play syste
i mean, obama has been -- i'm always shocked when people call obama a socialist, because he's in fact, i think you might be doing a disservice to eisenhower. and even, you know, nixon is to the left of obama on many, on most social issues. i mean, nixon proposed a negative income tax, which everybody forgets about. and the other point is that this is reflected broadly in the democratic party, at least in the sort of elite level of democratic party. i mean, you know, i've seen people like, for...
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i think hurricane sandy helped obama get reelected. >> how so? >> look at the bloomberg endorsement that came at the last minute? . he believed this was an issue that voters cared about that independents would swing to obama over climate change and some of the polling absolutely supports this that this was one of the reasons that people voted for obama over romney was that they were concerned about climate change and they felt he was a better candidate on climate change. we had a terrible, terrible candidate on climate change and we had a candidate on climate change who needs a lot of pressure. so i feel more optimistic than i did in 2008 because in 2008 the attitude of the environmental movement was our guy just got in and we need to support him and he's going to give us the legislation that we want and we'll take his advice and we're going to be good little soldiers and now maybe i'm being overly optimistic, but i think people learn the lesson of the past four years and people now understand that what obama needs and what we need, forget what o
i think hurricane sandy helped obama get reelected. >> how so? >> look at the bloomberg endorsement that came at the last minute? . he believed this was an issue that voters cared about that independents would swing to obama over climate change and some of the polling absolutely supports this that this was one of the reasons that people voted for obama over romney was that they were concerned about climate change and they felt he was a better candidate on climate change. we had a...
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they are committed to president obama's defeat in november. and i think the question of israel is useful to them as a vehicle for mobilizing support for the republican candidate, whoever that's going to be. >> driving a wedge between obama and american jews and maybe between american jews and blacks who have been a strong, long coalition for -- >> well, but also, i mean, garnering the votes of christian evangelicals. there's many more christian evangelicals in this country than there are jews. and and so to argue that this democratic president is weak on israel is a way, i think, to try to draw votes for the republican candidate, whoever it's going to be. i don't mean that kristol and bauer aren't themselves committed to the security of israel, but i think that in a campaign like this, especially when it occurs during an election year, there's something more going and here than simply a concern about israeli security. >> you write in your new essay that president obama's strategy seems to be to thicken america's global presence throughout the
they are committed to president obama's defeat in november. and i think the question of israel is useful to them as a vehicle for mobilizing support for the republican candidate, whoever that's going to be. >> driving a wedge between obama and american jews and maybe between american jews and blacks who have been a strong, long coalition for -- >> well, but also, i mean, garnering the votes of christian evangelicals. there's many more christian evangelicals in this country than...
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and this in colorado, a swing state, where both romney and obama have been courting the large hispanic vote. that wouldn't have happened if my guest on this week's broadcast had been moderating the debate, but their participation was rejected by the tiny group of insiders who set the rules. that's a shame because george ram mows and maria elena sorena are two of the most popular journalists. they work for the most important spanish language network in the country, univision. i met them for the first time earlier this week when they were in town to receive the emmy award for lifetime achievement from the national academy of television arts and sciences. here's part of the video presentation that introduced them to the emmy audience. >> they're two of the most well-recognized journalists in the united states. pioneers and advocates. for more than two decades maria and george have informed million of hispanics through the popular evening newscast. their brand of journalism is characterized not only by subjective and perspectives, but also by a high degree of social advocacy. in the last t
and this in colorado, a swing state, where both romney and obama have been courting the large hispanic vote. that wouldn't have happened if my guest on this week's broadcast had been moderating the debate, but their participation was rejected by the tiny group of insiders who set the rules. that's a shame because george ram mows and maria elena sorena are two of the most popular journalists. they work for the most important spanish language network in the country, univision. i met them for the...
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president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a report from the pew hispanic center a few days ago saying a record 24 million, 24 million latinos are eligible to vote. >> right. >> but their turnout rate has consistently lagged behind whites and blacks. >> not that much. the latino decision polls are usually very accurate because they're polling specifically latino voters, registered voters and the unthus see amp level was very low. in the last poll it had increased to 82%. >> that's understandable. >> romney? >> no, we're getting a little bit closer to the election. people are paying more attention to the election. when you see the polls and try to understand why the numbers are so
president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a report from the pew hispanic center a few days...
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>> because they believed that they had obama over a barrel. and that they could force him to do what they wanted, which was to radically downsize all domestic discretionary spending. and he wasn't going to do it. and that's how we got to that situation. >> what do you think's going to happen after the election, no matter who wins? because the popular expectation is that we're heading toward a fiscal cliff. are we going to go through in those few months between the election and the inauguration, what we went through with the deficit crisis that you just talked about? >> i would say the likeliest possibility is that we'll get some sort of short-term extension of the provisions to kick the can down the road a little bit. now, i'm not saying that will happen. there's also a possibili if past is prologue that the tea party faction in the house could dig in its heels and say no, just as they did with the debt ceiling crisis. >> and what then would be the consequence of that, as you can anticipate it? >> the consequence would be immediate and severe
>> because they believed that they had obama over a barrel. and that they could force him to do what they wanted, which was to radically downsize all domestic discretionary spending. and he wasn't going to do it. and that's how we got to that situation. >> what do you think's going to happen after the election, no matter who wins? because the popular expectation is that we're heading toward a fiscal cliff. are we going to go through in those few months between the election and the...
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and the president, it'll be obama. he'll still be in the white house, even if he loses in november, negotiates with the congress. what are you going to be watching for? >> well, it's taking place right now. i don't have to watch after the election. right now, you have ceos, meeting with democrats and republicans, trying to work out some kind of deficit reduction plan. if some of us and the american people are not successful in stopping them, there will be cuts in social security, i suspect medicare and medicaid. not anywhere near as draconian as what the republicans, let alone, want. there is an answer to the deficit crisis. and that is when you have this grotesquely unequal distribution of wealth and income, somebody's going to have to say, "hey, what, you're a billionaire, you know what, you're going to have to contribute." one-quarter of american corporations don't pay anything in taxes. we're losing $100 billion a year, because these companies are stashing their money in the cayman islands. there are ways to deal w
and the president, it'll be obama. he'll still be in the white house, even if he loses in november, negotiates with the congress. what are you going to be watching for? >> well, it's taking place right now. i don't have to watch after the election. right now, you have ceos, meeting with democrats and republicans, trying to work out some kind of deficit reduction plan. if some of us and the american people are not successful in stopping them, there will be cuts in social security, i...
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, pro-obama spots. what do you make of that? >> well, first, third-party advertising, that's non-candidate advertising, has historically been more attack driven and more deceptive. and that's true this year as well. secondly, when there are imbalances in money tied to messages, the side with the higher dollar amount of messaging has the advantage. we showed this in 2008, interestingly, when the advantage was with the obama campaign, which in some media markets outspent john mccain four to one. we documented the effect of that difference in the presence of controlling everything else that might have affected voters. and we showed a difference in vote choice based on the amount of money -- differential in the amount of money spent by the two campaigns. and the biggest problem occurs when there's a differential in spending and a high level of deception tied to a high level attack because now you have the worst possible consequences. the whole electoral environment becomes more attack driven with deceptive
, pro-obama spots. what do you make of that? >> well, first, third-party advertising, that's non-candidate advertising, has historically been more attack driven and more deceptive. and that's true this year as well. secondly, when there are imbalances in money tied to messages, the side with the higher dollar amount of messaging has the advantage. we showed this in 2008, interestingly, when the advantage was with the obama campaign, which in some media markets outspent john mccain four to...
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you know, "i think obama, was obama born in kenya?" just type it in. you'll find hits you know, "is global warming a hoax?" type it, you'll find hits. so google can basically solve your needs for confirmation, 24 hours a day. >> "we can believe almost anything that supports our team." >> that's right. so it's bad enough when we're cheating and dissembling and manipulating things for our own benefit, but when we're doing it for our team it somehow is even more honorable, and easier to do. and this brings us right back to the culture war. people can believe any kind of crazy nonsense they want. if you hated george bush, when he was president, and somebody would give you an argument. i mean, you, it just seems automatically compelling. and you don't have to think very hard, conversely, now, about barack obama. so, all these things i'm saying. these biases of reasoning, that are so obvious at the personal level, when you ramp them up to the group level they get even more severe. >> this one took me aback, because it flies right in the face of my predisposi
you know, "i think obama, was obama born in kenya?" just type it in. you'll find hits you know, "is global warming a hoax?" type it, you'll find hits. so google can basically solve your needs for confirmation, 24 hours a day. >> "we can believe almost anything that supports our team." >> that's right. so it's bad enough when we're cheating and dissembling and manipulating things for our own benefit, but when we're doing it for our team it somehow is...
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and one thing i love about obama is that he is absolutely not naive. and you know, you don't get elected president, when you're a black guy if you're naive. this man -- you know, i couldn't get elected, you know, dogcatcher in my building. he's managed this miracle, he's re-elected american president. >> and yet in some of your recent speeches, you keep telling young people to agitate, agitate, agitate. >> no, that's -- >> i think you said to them if you don't commit and get active, the world's going to end. >> absolutely, well, and i believe that. i believe that literally. i used to say that hyperbolically, but now with climate change i believe that absolutely literally. but being active as a citizen doesn't mean being, you know, sort of mindlessly in opposition. and you know, anarchism's much more romantic than, you know, electoral politics. you get to wear sexier clothing and hang out in parks and, you know, really scream about the revolution, and that's thrilling. but if you don't actually believe that we're in a revolutionary moment and if you've
and one thing i love about obama is that he is absolutely not naive. and you know, you don't get elected president, when you're a black guy if you're naive. this man -- you know, i couldn't get elected, you know, dogcatcher in my building. he's managed this miracle, he's re-elected american president. >> and yet in some of your recent speeches, you keep telling young people to agitate, agitate, agitate. >> no, that's -- >> i think you said to them if you don't commit and get...
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everybody they know hates obama. so how could all these people be voting for obama? >> in the hours leading up to the election, fox news devoted itself to speculation about romney's win. newt gingrich and others were talking about how big the romney landslide was going to be. gingrich thought it would be 300 electoral votes at least. >> i believe the minimum result will be 53-47 romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the republicans will pick up the senate. >> so are you suggesting that they, a conservative propaganda machine, was blindsided by its own ideology? >> i think that is so. and i think we may have seen a tipping point in this election because in all previous elections, notably the 2010 midterms, we were impressed by the way the conservative propaganda machine was able to really mobilize people who thought that the deficit was the greatest threat to the nation, et cetera, et cetera. and now, it seems to have shifted to the liability question 'cause they didn't know what country they were operating in, which was the way they would've caricatured liberals over
everybody they know hates obama. so how could all these people be voting for obama? >> in the hours leading up to the election, fox news devoted itself to speculation about romney's win. newt gingrich and others were talking about how big the romney landslide was going to be. gingrich thought it would be 300 electoral votes at least. >> i believe the minimum result will be 53-47 romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the republicans will pick up the senate. >> so are you...
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back then, senator barack obama opposed the fcc's proposal. so did senators joe biden and hillary clinton. but now, president obama's man at the fcc -- they were friends in law school -- apparently wants to do what the republicans couldn't do under president bush, and to do it behind the scenes, out of sight, with no public hearings. several public interest groups, civil rights organizations and labor unions opposed the move, and last week, senator bernie sanders and several of his colleagues called on chairman genachowski to hold off. bernie sanders is an outspoken opponent of media consolidation. he sees it as a threat to democracy. once the mayor of burlington, vermont, he served 16 years in the house of representatives and was recently re-elected to his second term in the senate. he's the longest serving independent in the history of congress. he was in new york earlier this week and we met for this interview. welcome. good to see you again. >> good to be with you, bill. >> this is a strong letter, inspired one of your colleagues in the se
back then, senator barack obama opposed the fcc's proposal. so did senators joe biden and hillary clinton. but now, president obama's man at the fcc -- they were friends in law school -- apparently wants to do what the republicans couldn't do under president bush, and to do it behind the scenes, out of sight, with no public hearings. several public interest groups, civil rights organizations and labor unions opposed the move, and last week, senator bernie sanders and several of his colleagues...
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and barack obama, he's actually saying, you know what? i don't think that that equation works and is automatic. and actually, in saying that, the plutocrats are not wrong to detect there a very powerful ideological challenge. >> if the plutocrats keep on winning, if they manage to avoid tax reform, if they keep low regulation, if they get a president who is sympatheticto thm, even enaes them, what's ahead for us? >> well, i mean, i fear that what's ahead is just the continuous worsening of the situation. you know, what we've seen in our lifetime, even since we've come back from russia, is this des nation of the middle class in america. if we continue on this path what we'll end up with is, you know, is russia or some other third world country where, again, you have this handful of people who are -- who are protected. and who have expanding wealth, and then there's just this sort of massive population of everybody else, and that's what i worry about. >> i would like to really issue a clarion call to progressives. because i think this sort
and barack obama, he's actually saying, you know what? i don't think that that equation works and is automatic. and actually, in saying that, the plutocrats are not wrong to detect there a very powerful ideological challenge. >> if the plutocrats keep on winning, if they manage to avoid tax reform, if they keep low regulation, if they get a president who is sympatheticto thm, even enaes them, what's ahead for us? >> well, i mean, i fear that what's ahead is just the continuous...
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the obama people want me to read that and say, "vote for obama, you get to keep it." vote for obama, you don't get to keep some of it because its economic assumptions are not consistent with what we know the real world is. but i like the fact that we're asking the question, how do we afford this level of government if we want to keep it? do we want to keep it? how are we going to pay for it? if we're going to cut, where are we going to cut? those are key questions. and that's what this election should be about. >> but do you hear or see romney and obama addressing these tough choices -- >> no. >> -- in ways that reassure you? >> no. and if we have an election campaign in which they don't and they act responsibly, we're going to disconnect campaigning from governance. and when we have a campaign in which they don't, it's less likely that they will. and as a result, we run the risk that we are actually going to hurt the country dramatically because the polarization is making it much, much more difficult for people to find the common ground that they need. when speaker b
the obama people want me to read that and say, "vote for obama, you get to keep it." vote for obama, you don't get to keep some of it because its economic assumptions are not consistent with what we know the real world is. but i like the fact that we're asking the question, how do we afford this level of government if we want to keep it? do we want to keep it? how are we going to pay for it? if we're going to cut, where are we going to cut? those are key questions. and that's what...
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everyone assumed that obama would because he had said as much. and when the time came, he looked at it and clearly his political people said to him, you're raising so much more money than mccain, why would you go into that system and limit your spending? so don't go into the system. >>> we've made the decision not to participate in the public financing system for the general election. this means we'll be forgoing more than $80 million in public funds during the final months of this election. it's not an easy decision, and especially because i support a robust system of public financing of elections. >>> and i think that was a practical, political decision, but contrary to everything he had said about the value of public financing. and what we're now learning is, once that cat is out of the bag, it's really hard to put it back in. >> and so we're in a radically different place than we were four years ago. individuals now can give unlimited amounts and corporations to these super pacs. if they give to the allied (c) (4) social welfare group, no one
everyone assumed that obama would because he had said as much. and when the time came, he looked at it and clearly his political people said to him, you're raising so much more money than mccain, why would you go into that system and limit your spending? so don't go into the system. >>> we've made the decision not to participate in the public financing system for the general election. this means we'll be forgoing more than $80 million in public funds during the final months of this...
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are you equating obama with olestein? >> i'm not equating obama himself with those figures. in some of the enthusiasm for obama in 2008, if you go back and look at some of the things that were written, there was this famous column in the "san francisco chronicle" a writer said, i think obama is the light bringer. this great soul. all the endless sort of religious iconography in magazine covers or go watch that famous will.i.am. video. everybody's singing about obama. there, yes, you do see a sort of, a liberal, a liberal form -- i think the investment of partisan causes with sort of religious enthusiasm is part of what i call heresy and, yeah, i think it happened with obama supporters too. there's a mirror -- >> you're too young to remember hue people sang for john f. kennedy and even lyndon johns bjohnson before the fall. how did that differ from barack obama and ronald reagan in terms -- >> i talk about reagan a bit in the book, too. i think there are, there's a mirroring on the left and right where on both sides you've had this sort of, you know -- as institutional religi
are you equating obama with olestein? >> i'm not equating obama himself with those figures. in some of the enthusiasm for obama in 2008, if you go back and look at some of the things that were written, there was this famous column in the "san francisco chronicle" a writer said, i think obama is the light bringer. this great soul. all the endless sort of religious iconography in magazine covers or go watch that famous will.i.am. video. everybody's singing about obama. there, yes,...
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he's called president obama "a low-level socialist agitator," said anyone with an obama bumper sticker on their car is "a threat to the gene pool," and told liberals like harry reid and nancy pelosi to "get the hell out of the united states of america." apparently, he gets his talking points from fox news, rush limbaugh or the discredited rightwing rocker, ted nugent. but this time, i shook my head in disbelief. 78 to 81 democrats, members of the communist party? that's when the memory hole opened and a ghost slithered into the room. the specter stood there, watching the screen, a snickering smile on its stubbled face. and i did a double take. sure enough, it was the ghost of senator joseph mccarthy, the wisconsin farm boy who grew up to become one of the most contemptible thugs in american politics. >> there is that small, closely knit group of administration democrats who are now the complete prisoners, and under the complete domination of the bureaucratic communistic frankenstein which they themselves have created. they shouldn't be called democrats, they should be referred to prope
he's called president obama "a low-level socialist agitator," said anyone with an obama bumper sticker on their car is "a threat to the gene pool," and told liberals like harry reid and nancy pelosi to "get the hell out of the united states of america." apparently, he gets his talking points from fox news, rush limbaugh or the discredited rightwing rocker, ted nugent. but this time, i shook my head in disbelief. 78 to 81 democrats, members of the communist party?...
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but the deeper question is i don't feel betrayed by obama. i feel disappointed in obama. but i think that if anyone has looked at who he was in 2008 they would have understood, this is a corporate liberal. >> what do you mean by that? >> he is someone who sees his relationship with wall street, with the major corporations, that's the critical alliance for obama. he was, he saw himself as preserving capitalism and he saw himself not as a champion of working people. he saw himself, he gave wonderful speeches to working people, but he does not see himself as the person who was saying, "we're going to take on the economic royalists." >> i think in 2008 the labor movement failed because we thought one human being was going to fix everything and we went into neutral. and i think the real moment of lost opportunity was when the economic crisis hit. that unions and other progressives were waiting for somebody to fix it versus being in the street and really challenging the power of wall street. there was a moment where the entire country was questioning. >> trade unions keep givin
but the deeper question is i don't feel betrayed by obama. i feel disappointed in obama. but i think that if anyone has looked at who he was in 2008 they would have understood, this is a corporate liberal. >> what do you mean by that? >> he is someone who sees his relationship with wall street, with the major corporations, that's the critical alliance for obama. he was, he saw himself as preserving capitalism and he saw himself not as a champion of working people. he saw himself, he...